Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Improv provides business an professional users with a unique set of capabilities for dynamic viewing and analysis , and , for building spreadsheets that can be easily reused , modified and shared over a long lifecycle . |
| 2 | He delved into a saddlebag and drew out a long , black chain . |
| 3 | ( Martial arts are a way of life — skills learnt and practised over a long period , used to tune the mind and body to a state of superb readiness . |
| 4 | On the west bank we pushed the bikes up a steep slope and cycled along a long straight road towards the desert and the tombs past green canals , lines of heavy trees and slumbering houses . |
| 5 | The church began in late Saxon times and developed over a long period , finally being made redundant in the 1960s , when part of it collapsed . |
| 6 | The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a long length of what looked like ribbon . |
| 7 | On their way out they opened up a tool-box and took out a long slender chisel apiece . |
| 8 | It is no longer adequate just to produce a plan of a church : all walls and elevations need to be examined closely , since most churches are built , developed and extended over a long period . |
| 9 | Pion pulled at Masklin 's arm , pointed to the looming white shape with his other hand , and rattled off a long sentence in Floridian or , if the Thing was right , nearly original nomish . |